Senior, Principal or Associate Consultant; Permitting and Compliance United Kingdom

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

As we deliver on our growth strategy, the range of services we provide and the work we deliver is expanding. We are looking for talented people with experience delivering these services to join our established Environmental Permitting, Compliance & Nuclear Regulation team at Senior Consultant and Principal Consultant grades.

At WSP, we are driven by shared purposes: technical rigour, adding value and delivering the kind of work the world genuinely needs. As part of our established and growing Environmental Permitting, Compliance & Nuclear Regulation team, you will contribute to both nationally significant and smaller projects that WSP is delivering across the United Kingdom, supporting our clients in the energy and energy transition (including nuclear), waste, industrial, manufacturing and utilities sectors manage permitting and compliance obligations.

You will play a key role supporting the UK’s transition to a secure, sustainable and low carbon energy future.‑carbon energy future.

You’ll join a collaborative community where your ideas are valued, your expertise is respected, and your development is supported. Whether your background is in environmental regulation, permitting, compliance, auditing, consultancy, or another relevant field, and whether your experience arises from a career in consultancy, client
-side operations or the environmental regulators, we welcome your perspective.

With a degree in a relevant subject, membership of a relevant professional body and/or a recognised industry accreditation, you will bring to the team:

• A detailed understanding of the Environmental Permitting Regulations and interfacing regulations, together with the supporting guidance and broader policy considerations.
• Experience preparing Environmental Permit applications and underpinning technical assessments (including environmental risk assessments and Best Available Technique (BAT) assessments) for installations, waste operations, flood risk activity and water discharge activities, combustion activities and Permits and Consents for construction activities.
• Knowledge and understanding of industrial processes in one or more of the sectors outlined above and how this information is presented.
• Experience undertaking qualitative and/or quantitative environmental risk assessments and assessing effectiveness of mitigation measures.
• A client focused, responsive approach with demonstrable experience confidently delivering to tight timelines.
• Technical rigour and understanding of the business and project management systems that govern the work we deliver to time, cost, and quality.

You will work on both large and small projects with new and existing clients, often within multi‑disciplinary teams, and you will help shape and maintain strong client relationships through high‑quality delivery and trusted advice.

This role offers flexibility of location, with offices across the UK offices, with opportunities to collaborate nationally and internationally. Occasional travel within the UK is expected.

You will be welcomed to an established and highly capable and growing team of twenty-five Environmental Permitting experts at various stages of their careers, presenting opportunities to both mentor/guide early career professionals alongside the opportunity to learn from highly experienced experts.

The Environmental Permitting, Compliance & Nuclear Regulation team sits within a wider Sustainable Resources Discipline of over 100 specialists working across a variety of sectors providing deep and broad technical advisory services to translate sustainability strategy into compliant, resilient, low‑risk operational change, to make sustainability real.

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